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Friday, September 13, 2019

“Showtime, Sacha Baron Cohen Ask Court to Toss Roy Moore’s ‘Who Is America?’ Lawsuit; They say Moore contractually waived his right to sue and as the former Chief Justice of Alabama’s state Supreme Court ‘is well aware of the consequences of signing contracts.'” Ashley Cullins has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

Posted at 1:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Asylum Ruling Changes Little at Border for Now; Trump administration’s new rule could expedite decisions to deport some applicants, but options other than asylum remain”: Michelle Hackman and Alicia A. Caldwell have this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

And today’s edition of that newspaper also contains an editorial titled “The High Court’s Injunction Slapdown; A victory for the rule of law, no matter who is President.”

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court revives lawsuit saying Trump is violating the Constitution by doing business with foreign governments”: David A. Fahrenthold of The Washington Post has this report.

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Federal court allows lawsuit against Trump over business ties.”

Andrew Chung and Jan Wolfe of Reuters report that “U.S. appeals court says Trump cannot dodge foreign corruption lawsuit.”

Chris Dolmetsch and Bob Van Voris of Bloomberg News report that “Trump Finances Closer to Scrutiny as U.S. Court Revives Suit.”

Erica Orden of CNN reports that “Federal appeals court revives ethics lawsuit against Trump.”

And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “A Court Revived Another Lawsuit Against Trump For Continuing To Profit From His Businesses; The 2nd Circuit found that hotel and restaurant owners could bring constitutional claims against Trump for refusing to divest from his companies.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“NJ Legal Potentates in Newark for Swearing In of Paul Matey on the 3rd Circuit Court”: Jay Lassiter of Insider NJ has this report.

Posted at 1:11 PM by Howard Bashman